295, Lot: 593. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (20mm, 2.90 g, 12h). Halab (Aleppo) mint. Caliph standing facing, with left hand on sheathed sword; star to upper left, legend with Caliph’s name / Transformed cross; wāf (= full value) to left, bi-halab to right. SICA 1, 608-14 var. (no star on obv.); DOCAB 118, 121-2 var. (same); Walker 108-9; Album 3529. VF, black patina.